Mumbai's air raid sirens, once vital for emergency alerts, fell silent after 2005 floods. A recent drill highlights the need ...

Out of over 272 sirens installed across Mumbai, only around 39 are currently operational, according to officials from the ...

Civil Defence volunteers cordoned off the area following a simulated explosion and fire. Fire brigade personnel arrived soon ...

Parts of India started going dark as part of the blackout exercise for the civil defence mock drill from 7 pm on.

Operation Abhyaas’ has begun today at 4 pm, involving air-raid sirens and evacuation training across all states and Union ...

Mumbai joins nationwide mock drills today under Operation Abhyaas, simulating wartime scenarios with sirens, blackouts, and ...

A siren was blown to inform them about the drill ... over 3000 CCTV cameras is being carried out on a 24x7 basis in the Mumbai Central division. Passengers are being encouraged to report any ...

During the drills, air raid warning sirens will be activated while civilians and students will be trained in civil defence to ...

Sirens blared, crowds evacuated as India launched civil defence mock drills in 244 districts - Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, and ...

Military preparedness aside, the mock drills were a great tactic for imbuing among the people of the country the feeling that ...

Mumbai's air raid sirens, once vital for emergency alerts, fell silent after 2005 floods. A recent drill highlights the need to reassess and modernize this critical infrastructure. For decades ...

Out of over 272 sirens installed across Mumbai, only around 39 are currently operational, according to officials from the Maharashtra Home Guard and Civil Defence. These functioning sirens are ...